MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

A356.0 Aluminum vs. AWS E310Mo

A356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS E310Mo belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is A356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS E310Mo.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 6.0
34
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160 to 270
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 500
310
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 40
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
28
Density, g/cm3 2.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
5.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
71
Embodied Water, L/kg 1110
210

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 29
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 36
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 64
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.6 to 13
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 91.1 to 93.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
42.8 to 52
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.25 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
1.0 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
20 to 22
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 6.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0